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Croatian representatives study Portuguese community policing methods

Publishing date: 1 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues, Policing
ZAGREB, 1 July 2003- A central Croatian police chief and a Croatian journalist have just returned from a two-weeks' training course in Portugal focused on its well-developed community policing programmes and the way media and police interact...

OSCE trains Armenian police on countering domestic violence

Publishing date: 27 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Policing
YEREVAN, 27 June 2003- An OSCE-organized training programme to enable Armenian police officers to more efficiently combat domestic violence began this week in the country's capital, Yerevan. "Domestic violence is an infringement of a person's...

OSCE Security Conference considers fresh options

Publishing date: 27 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Forum for Security Co-operation, Permanent Council
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 26 June 2003- The OSCE's first-ever Annual Security Review Conference closed yesterday with its main aim successfully met- that of identifying a range of practical options for the Organization to address the new threats and challenges to...

OSCE begins training for Georgian police officers on combating domestic violence

Publishing date: 10 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Policing
TBILISI, 10 June 2003- A workshop for high-ranking police officers on combating domestic violence is being held in Tbilisi this week. The three-day training seminar has been organized by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...

Head of OSCE Kosovo Mission: History is our enemy

Publishing date: 29 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Roma and Sinti
PRISTINA, 29 May 2003- Almost four years after the OSCE began its work in Kosovo, the environment remains one of rapid change but Kosovo has been firmly established on the international agenda of unfinished business, Ambassador Pascal Fieschi...

Kosovo's witness protection system- in need of review

Publishing date: 20 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Policing
PRISTINA, 20 May, 2003- The OSCE's latest review of Kosovo's criminal justice system has pinpointed the crucial importance of a more secure and effective witness protection system to help combat crime in the province, in particular organised crime..

Serbian Deputy PM welcomes support from OSCE Permanent Council

Publishing date: 15 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, National minority issues, Policing
VIENNA, 15 May 2003- Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Nebojsa Covic, made an impassioned plea at the Permanent Council on Thursday for recognition by the international community that his country had undergone a thorough transformation since the days...